The U.S. Supreme Court said Monday it won't consider whether the Fair Labor Standards Act allows private actions against a person who didn't employ the worker bringing the suit, rejecting a bid by a manager of two strip clubs to review a Ninth Circuit's decision.
A federal judge agreed Monday to pause enforcement of a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission subpoena for information on the University of Pennsylvania's Jewish employees during an appellate review, calling the heated dispute "a matter of great public interest."
Employers could have an easier path for defending subpoenas they seek in National Labor Relations Board cases against claims they infringe on workers' rights, after a recent Fifth Circuit decision vacating a board holding that Starbucks violated federal labor law through such subpoenas, experts said.